Hoe



Sep?. 27,. 1932. ROBERTS 1379309 HOE Filed July -24, 1931 Patented Sept. 27, 1932 JOHN H. ROBERTS, OF

NEWPORT, ARKANSAs y a Hon Application filed `Ju1 "24,

My invention relates to hoes and particularly to hoes used' in plant cultivation. The

object of my invention is to provide a hoe, which will have any or all of the advantages 6 about to be named over hoes of customary construction, namely, no tendency to push away from the hoe weeds or vegetation to be cut, or dug, out of the ground, but on the contrary pulling or drawing thereof into con- 10 tact with the hoe blade; effraient access of the blade to weeds or vegetation, growing near the plants requiring hoeing or culti vating; ease and certainty of choppng or cutting weeds or vegetation to be cut; prolonged use without dullng which necesstates sharpening; and more than one cuttng edge and all cutting edges capable of high g i I V eled to make such bottom edgeacutting edge,

cutting efiiciency.

My invention consists in whatever is described by or is included within the terms or scope of the appended claims. In the drawing Fig. l is a perspective view of a hoe embodying my inventon shown 111 position for.

cutting with the bottom edge;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the forward side of the blade;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; i Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The hoe shown in the drawing has a blade Construction which achieves the object of my invention in all respects, the Construction shown being what I now regard as the most satisfactory embodiment of my invention. Of course, size or proportion is not an essential thing in my invention, nor is it necessary for a hoe, to be within the scope of my inven- 0 tion, to have all the characteristics of construction of the blade shown in the drawing. Describing in detail what is shown in the drawing, the blade 10, has an upper edge conveXly curved to which is rigidly Secured a handle 11, of ordinary Construction with the blade eXtending at an acute angle with the longitudinal axis of the handle.

Each vertical side edge, 12, of the blade 0 extends at an obtuse angle from that face of 5 the blade which is towards the handle, the

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intermediate portion of the blade being plane or flat-wththe resuit that said working face of the blade 'ma be' described as having a Scoop form especially at the opp o-site vertical sides so that inengaging 'or striking weeds "sa 'or objectsin'or on the ground, they will not only not be pushed or pressed away from and "out ofreach of the blade, but they will'be ,drawn or pulled inward' upon' the working 'face of the blade..

` Each vertical side edge of the blade is bev eled to provide a cutting edge so that by using theho in a positionwith suchedge downi ward,sit.can beused for cutting and its use u for Cutng iS P moted or facilitated by the '65 i inclination of theedge portion of the hoe. The bottom edgewof the blade is also' bev- 'so that in' fact, the blade provides threevcuts tingedges pr ;At each, corner of the bottom" edge ofthe blade there is a pointed or angular tooth, 13, with a bottom cutting edge", that extends downward and outward and eoe tensive with. the bottom of the bent or inclined portion of .75 the-blade at the .side. This form of tooth facilitates cutting contact .of the' hoe' with weeds'growing close to the' plants reqniring cultivation without danger of damage to the plants and the inclination of the bottom cut-" ting 'edge of the tooth enables a shencut to be made with the result that cutting can be easily done and prolongation of the period of sharpness of the cutting edge Secured. Moreover, such inclination tends to draw ob jects engaged by such'edge over or upon the working face of the hoe and without any tendency to push away there'fromg The bottom edge of the blade between the 'two teeth at the corners is straight.

It will be evident that with the teeth located at the corners 'as shown when the bottom edge of the blade is sharpened, there is no danger ofchange or" formnor diminution of the size of the corner teeth but so long as" the hoe lasts, after repeated sharpenng, form and 'size of 'the teeth and the bottom edge i between the teeth remain unchanged.

The hoe shown in the drawing when used is held with the blade at an angle'of about y of'theblade being flat betvveensuch edge 45, and the cutting edge engages the soil in a horizontal or substantially horizontal line.

Besides the advantages mentioned herein before coming from the shape of the blade, my hoe is especially useful in hilling up plants or pulling dirt to the plants because the dirt tends to remain upon the Working face' of the hoe due to the confining action of the inclined side edges' 12 of the blade,

Whereas with the ordinary plane or flat blade, the soil tends to spill out -at= the sides. What I claim is 1. A hoe blade having edge portions ina clined With reference to the working face of theblade in a direction to tend to carry engaged objects to such face the Working face portions and' said' edge portions being narrow Compared with the area of the Working face. 4

` clined With reference to the Working face of the blade in a direction to tend to Carry engaged objects to such face the working face g of theblade being flat between such edge portions and said edge portions being narrow Compared with the area of the working face, such edge portions being at the' Vertical sides of the blade and reaching s nbstan-l tially from top to bottom of the blade. i 3. A hoe blade having side and bottom edges and having at the corner Where side i and bottom edges adjoin a tooth With a bottom edge 'extending obliquely inward of the I 4. A hoe blade having side and bottom edges and having at the corn'er Where side and bottom edges adjoin a tooth With a bot- 'tom edge extending obliqnely in'ward of the blade, the vertical side of the blade being inclined' towards the ?Working face of the blade from top to bottom ;substantially co i exten'sive With the bottomedge of said' tooth the Working face of the blade being flat'.

5. A hoe blade having side and bottom edges and having at the corner where side and bottom edges adjoin a tooth With a bottom edge extending obliquely inWard of the blade, the vertical side of the bladebeing inclined toWards the Working face of the blade from top to bottom substantially coextensive With the bottom edge of said tooth,

the bottom edge of the blade and tooth being beveled to a cntting edge.`

In testmony Whereof I hereunto afIiX my signature. V

JOHN H. ROBERTS.

2. A hoe blade having edge portions in- 

